Personally I will never pay that much for a bow, never did never will. Got a Matthews yes, but paid under 500.00 for it brand new...... so my personal feeling is that $700.00 is way, way too much........ even $500.00 about makes me cringe......... just cant imagine that a 250.00 to 300.00 bow cant be as quiet or shoot as straight and take as many deer as a 700.00 one?